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Besides protecting heart health, widely used cardiovascular drugs could also significantly lower the risk of getting dementia in old age – by as much as 25 percent when used long term.
The findings come from a large study of 968,715 people, carried out by a team from the Karolinska Institute and Lund University in Sweden. The research looked at links between taking medications for at least five years, and the chance of developing dementia.